In November 2007 the grandfather of the modern retirement village industry, Melbournes Mr. Zig Inge, sold his 17 villages and 8 development sites at the top of the market for $641 million to Macquarie Banks Retirement Villages Group (part owned by FKP/Aveo). Because of the sale he cant build villages for some time (he is also in his late 70s) so now his group has purchased for $15m the famous Baillieu mansion in Toorak for a residential development.
Funding secured for Wesley Mission’s affordable and supported housing project in Canberra
Wesley Mission’s affordable rental and supported housing development in Curtin, Canberra, is officially going ahead after securing funding through the first round of the Australian Government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF)...